Walter Patrick Armstrong

Forenames

Walter Patrick AWMM

Surname

Armstrong AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/965A AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Catholic, Christian AWMM

Birth

7 Mar 1894 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Care of L. W. Faville, Victoria Street, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs W.J. Patterson (sister), Waitoa, near Te Aroha, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/965A AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 17 or HMNZT 18 or HMNZT 19 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima AWMM Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM 3rd Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5' 5.5" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  147 lb AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Trooper AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

Death

8 Aug 1915 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Hamilton Memorial Park, Memorial Drive, Hamilton East, 3216 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22271704
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/679725/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/679725
  Further Reference

References

• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 20
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.